Sharing faith, hope, and picture books
Award-Winning Author
Charlotte Riggle is the author of the award-winning picture book, Catherine’s Pascha, along with its companion, The Saint Nicholas Day Snow. She’s working on a new book, Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability, which she’s co-writing with Summer Kinard. On her blog, she tells stories about saints, discusses disability, and reviews picture books that you really need to read.
The Saint Nicholas Day Snow
Many Ways to Celebrate St. Nicholas
Shoes or stockings? Horse or sleigh? Does St. Nicholas visit on December 6 or on Christmas Eve? Will a little girl’s prayer be answered? When Elizabeth has to stay at Catherine’s house, she’s worried about her grandmother, and worried that St. Nicholas won’t find her. The grownups, though, are worried about snow.
Learn about St. Nicholas with stories and other resources.
A Celebration of Easter in the Orthodox Church
Finalist in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards
Catherine doesn’t like vegetables. She doesn’t like naps. She doesn’t like it when her mom combs her hair. She loves hot dogs, chocolate cake, and her best friend, Elizabeth. Most of all, she loves Pascha! Pascha, the Orthodox Christian Easter, is celebrated in the middle of the night, with processions and candles and bells and singing. And Catherine insists that she’s not a bit sleepy.
Learn about Pascha history, traditions, crafts, and recipes.
Catherine’s Pascha
Charlotte’s Blog
Sharing faith, hope, and picture books
My Pal, Victor: A bilingual story with a disabled character
I thought that I would love Diane Gonzales Bertrand’s bilingual picture book, My Pal, Victor. Characters with disabilities are incredibly rare in picture books. A picture book that includes a child who has a disability and who is not white, is a rare and precious...
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How to make lime curd
I hope you'll forgive me for sharing a recipe that has eggs in it during the Apostles Fast. But two weeks ago, my “ugly fruit” box came with ten limes. I wasn't sure what to do with so many limes. So I decided to make lime curd. What’s an ugly fruit box you ask? It’s...
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Saint Francis and the Wolf: A new telling of an old story
Saint Francis and the Wolf is Jane Langton’s lovely retelling of a legend from the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Perhaps you know the story. The town of Gubbio, in Tuscany, was being terrorized by an enormous wolf. It prowled around Gubbio, “clawing at the gates by...
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